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   From: Troels@ThisIsFake.invalid   
      
   In message  Öjevind Lång   
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   > There were clearly Ents in Gondor, some of them in prominent   
   > positions. One of them was Húrin the Tall, Warden of the Keys of   
   > Minas Tirith. Since "tall" is Swedish for "pine", we can clearly   
   > see that this is another example of Tolkien's fondness for playing   
   > on words. The by-name nimbly informs us that Húrin was an Ent   
   > related to the pines, and at the same time, it also indicates his   
   > great height. No Enting, he, but a mighty Ent, wise in years.   
      
   Quod erat demonstrandum!   
      
   One must wonder at the masterful command of the language exhibited by   
   Tolkien. As Rateliff so cleverly remarks, 'Tolkien is deft at conveying   
   characterization with extreme economy (so much so that careless readers   
   and critics often miss it entirely)' -- rarely have these words been so   
   true as they are for the Entish Warden of the Keys in Gondor.   
      
   --   
   Troels Forchhammer   
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